Grafenrheinfeld

The nuclear power station Grafenrheinfeld (short: KKG - not to confused with the similarly abbreviated nuclear power station Goesgen in Switzerland) is located south of Schweinfurt at the Main.

It consists of a 3rd Generation pressurized water reactor ("pre-Konvoi") with an electrical output of 1345 MW.

In the much discussed anti-nuclear power novel Die Wolke by Gudrun Pausewang, a fictitious nuclear disaster occurs at Grafenrheinfeld, releasing a radioactive cloud which pollutes much of Germany.

Temporary storage facilities for depleted core fuel elements at the location went into use on 1 March 2006.

It is visible for a long distance and is outside of the plant area approximately 750 meters south the power station.

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